"The Enforcement Directorate yesterday obtained the LR from the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court. This is in addition to the already obtained LR in December last year from the UAE, Indonesia, Sweden, Liberia, Bangkok and Thailand," Special Public Prosecutor S R Das told reporters here on Thursday.
The ED moved the court after stumbling upon some documents during raids that revealed that one Anil Adinath Bastavade of Pune had allegedly invested in Dubai through hawala from the "money generated from criminal activities of Madhu Koda and others during his chief ministerial term", he said.
Bastavade had allegedly invested Rs 55 crore in two projects -- Master Developers at Downtown, Jebel Ali Zone 2, Dubai and Rs 102 crore at Master Developers, Jumeira village, Dubai, he said.He also allegedly invested in residential and commercial buildings at Deema and Lake Burj in Dubai. Das said the whereabouts of Binod Sinha and Sanjay Choudhary, the two absconding 'aides' of Koda, were also known, adding, "Sinha is in India while Choudhary is abroad."
The two have been absconding ever since Koda was arrested by the state vigilance sleuths on November 30.The October 31 income tax raids in the premises of the ex-CM and his associates allegedly revealed Rs 2,000 crore worth illegal investments and hawala transactions.Koda, who is presently in judicial custody in connection with a DA case being heard in the special vigilance court, is facing investigations from three agencies -- the ED, IT and the state Vigilance Bureau.